Broadway-Bound Harry Potter & the Cursed Child & Glenn Close Win Big at London's Evening Standard Awards

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, which will bow on Broadway at some point in the near future, picked up the prize for Best Play at the 62nd London Evening Standard Theatre Awards on November 13. Meanwhile, three-time Tony winner Glenn Close beat Main Stem favorite Andy Karl in the Best Musical Performance category for Sunset Boulevard at the starry ceremony, held at the Old Vic. Close is set to reprise her Tony-winning performance in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Tony-winning tuner when the London revival transfers to the Great White Way in February; Karl is also Broadway-bound next year with the show he was representing, Groundhog Day. There was more good news for Lloyd Webber: the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre production of Jesus Christ Superstar took home the honor for Best Musical.

The complete list of winners is as follows:

Best Actor
Ralph Fiennes, The Master Builder/Richard III

Natasha Richardson Award for Best Actress
Billie Piper, Yerma

Best Musical Performance
Glenn Close, Sunset Boulevard

Best Play
Harry Potter And The Cursed Child by Jack Thorne, J K Rowling and John Tiffany

Evening Standard Radio 2 Audience Award for Best Musical
Jesus Christ Superstar

Milton Shulman Award for Best Director
John Malkovich, Good Canary

Best Design
Gareth Fry with Peter Malkin (sound design), The Encounter

Best Revival
No Man’s Land

Charles Wintour Award for Most Promising Playwright
Charlene James, Cuttin’ It

Emerging Talent Award
Tyrone Huntley, Jesus Christ Superstar